Gary Formato

Gary Formato (born 19 November 1974)^[1] is a South African former racing driver and current director and co-founder of the Sasol GTC Championship, alongside Vic Maharaj.

The Courage C60 that Gary Formato drove during the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Philipe Gache and Didier Cottaz.

He is most notable for his 4 wins in the FIA Sportscar Championship and European Le Mans Series between 1998 and 2001.^[2] Gary also competed in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship for the Durango team, starting all eight races but scoring no points.^[3] Formato also started the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times between 1999 and 2001 but did not finish a race.^{[citation needed]}

Sportscar career

1998

Formato drove the #19 Solution F Riley & Scott MKIII,^[4] getting a 3rd place during the first round in Barcelona behind two Ferrari 333 SPs^[5] and a win during the season finale in Kyalami, where he and teammate Jerome Policand beat the #61 Dyson Racing of James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger in second place, and the #60 Risi Competitzione of Eric van de Poele and Wayne Taylor in third.^[6]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
1995	Nordic Racing	Lola T95/50	Cosworth AC	SIL 14	CAT 14	PAU Ret	PER 9	HOC Ret	SPA Ret	EST 12	MAG 13	21st	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	Riley & Scott Europe	Philippe Gache Olivier Thévenin	Riley & Scott MKIII-Ford	LMP	24	DNF	DNF
2000	SMG Compétition	Didier Cottaz Philippe Gache	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	219	DNF	DNF
2001	Panoz Motor Sports	Jamie Davies Klaus Graf	Panoz LMP07-Élan	LMP900	86	DNF	DNF
Sources:[7][8][9]